noun
delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots
• Syn: ↑Nemophila menziesii
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Nemophila
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun plural but singular or plural in constructionEtymology: so called from the eyelike spots
: a delicate California herb (Nemophila menziesii) having blue flowers marked with dark spots
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baby blue-eyes, or ba|by-blue-eyes «BAY bee BLOO YZ», noun.
1. any one of certain North American plants of the waterleaf family having blue flowers. Different species are found in California, Oklahoma, the Northwestern United States, and southwestern Canada.
2. the flower of such a plant.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.